Macomb man held on drug charges

A local man was arrested Monday on a $250,000 bond McDonough County felony narcotics warrant less than a month after an initial arrest on charges related to an ongoing cocaine investigation.

Mario A. Coleman, 40, of Macomb was arrested by McDonough County Sheriff's deputies, according to a sheriff's office news release, and is charged with two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, or crack cocaine.

Coleman had just been arrested Oct. 4, and posted $10,000 cash bond for distributing crack cocaine in McDonough County. He'd since been subject of an ongoing investigation by the McDonough Combined Drug Unit. He was arrested for delivery of a controlled substance after numerous agencies served a search warrant on his residence in the 800 block of South Ward Street in Macomb.

The investigation continues, and more arrests are expected.

The Combined Drug Unit consists of the McDonough County Sheriff's Office, Western Illinois University Office of Public Safety, and Macomb, Colcehster, Blandinsville and Bushnell police departments.